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Table 3 Daily availability of specialized physicians

From: State of Emergency Medicine in Switzerland: a national profile of emergency departments in 2006

Characteristics

 

Number of visits per year

All

1 – 5,000

5,001 – 10,000

10,001 – 20,000

>20,000

P value

General surgeon [%]

97

95

97

100

95

0.69

Anesthesiologist [%]

94

91

97

93

95

0.80

Orthopedic surgeon [%]

85

75

87

89

90

0.55

Obstetrician-gynecologist [%]

89

83

92

92

89

0.87

Cardiologist [%]

58

44

58

54

81

0.08

Pediatrician [%]**

56

14

68

53

90

0.001

Psychiatrist [%]

45

9

47

54

74

<0.001

Plastic surgeon [%]

32

8

33

34

58

<0.01

Neurologist [%]

29

8

26

25

68

<0.001

Neurosurgeon [%]

23

12

23

18

47

0.052

Internist [%]*

97

95

100

92

100

0.40

Radiologist [%]

86

65

87

96

89

0.03

  1. *Pediatric-only hospitals excluded (n = 7).
  2. **Adult-only hospitals excluded (n = 45).